Category: Bad Survivalist
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Andrew Farkas: “The Great Indoorsman, Part the First,” a serialized essay
“Look at it, Hastings. Not a building insight. Not a restaurant, not a theatre, not anart gallery. A wasteland.” —Hercule Poirot in“The Adventure of the Clapham Cook” The Great Indoorsman PART THE FIRST From A Philosophy of the Indoors—The Sublime: I often find myself in awe of the grandeur of the Indoors … An excerpt…
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Job Aid Flash Fiction for Bad Survivalist: “Become a Target at a Boy Scout Camping Trip” by J. Bradley
*Ed.’s Note: click images to view larger sizes. J. Bradley is a two-time winner of Wigleaf‘s Top 50 (Very) Short Fictions. He’s the author of Neil & Other Stories (WhiskeyTit Books, 2018). He lives at jbradleywrites.com Image: clipart-library.com
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“They Killed Portland, You Know”: Culture Essay by Tabitha Blankenbiller
Three years ago, I met Chloe Caldwell for lunch. I was two weeks away from moving out of Oregon for my husband’s job transfer. I was reluctantly going along because that is what spouses do and what marriage is about and all that bullshit. Caldwell’s essay collection Legs Get Led Astray was a pivot point…
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“The Bullet in My Brain.” a literary enquiry by Coe Douglas for Bad Survivalist
Moments before the bullet that tore through his brain was fired, Anders was lost in a fit of laughter brought on by the surly bank robber’s use of the word capiche. As the narrator in Tobias Wolff’s short story “Bullet in the Brain” explained: He covered his mouth with both hands and said, “I’m sorry,…
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Bad Survivalist: “Survival and Poetry,” an essay exploring World War I Poetry by Ezekiel Black
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin landed the Apollo 11 spacecraft on the moon, which was cause for celebration, but to complete the mission, they had to return to Earth. President Nixon’s speechwriter, William Saffire, wrote this speech in case Apollo 11 became stranded on the moon: Fate has ordained that…
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